Saturday, July 27, 2024

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The Colours he Chose: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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After the small war our fringes were painful like...

Sola Osofisan: Mysterious Ways

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The man took a step back. Eyes unwavering, he...

The History of a Drink: Fiction by Kabu Okai-Davies

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    Once upon a time in Ayallolo, an imaginary country...

A Trip To The African Burial Ground National Monument

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There’s a painting in the African Burial Ground National...

‘Decolonising the Tribe’: Kenyan Crisis, Yale Trophies, and the Carrion of Indigenous African Languages

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There is no guessing what stand Wole Soyinka, Naguib...

What Somaliland Taught Me

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Whether Americans or Africans, my friends reacted in much...

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Violet Barungi: I try to highlight social issues affecting women

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1.    You began writing while still a student at...

Dr. Amitabh Mitra: A Creative Approach to Healing

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  Sola Osofisan interviews Dr. Amitabh Mitra, a South African...

Wesley Macheso: Fiction is greater than the reality it mirrors

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Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note  There is a...

Becoming: Poetry by Naza Amaeze Okoli

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  BECOMING I was brewed with the tears of a grieving...

Wazani Adamu Ijarafu: A Revolution Song

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A Revolution Song   this song of mine is a revolution song that...

So Rough a Journey: Poems by Pious Elemchukwu Okoro

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LIES Above the voice Of reason Lies scream aloud To be heard. Like the...

LAST MONTH ...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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   Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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This is what happens to my tears and the...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...

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